Railroad-tie



(No Model.)

J. DE MOTT.

RAILROAD TIE.

No. 339,275. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

. INVENTOH ATTORNEY UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB DE MOTT, OF FRENOHTOIVN, NEXV JERSEY.

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,275, dated April 6,1886.

Application filed February 6, 1886. Serial No. 191,017. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB DE MOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Frenchtown, in the county of Hunterdon, State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties, ofwhich the followingis a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to railroad-ties, and more particularly tothat class of ties which are made of metal, either cast or wrought.

The object of the invention is to provide a tie which can be removed andreplaced without detaching any of the adjacent ties, and which'is soconstructed that when in position the rail is firmly secured to the sameand prevented from displacement by ordinary use.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following description,and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tieconstructed in accordance with my invention, the rails mounted thereonbeing shown in cross-section. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of one end ofthe tie, the rail and rail-securing devices being removed therefrom.Fig. 3 is a plan of the opposite end of the tie with the rail thereon.Fig. 4 is a plan of the railsecuring staple or band, and Fig. 5 is aperspective of the key.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

in all the figures of the drawings.

The tie consists of a central portion, A, and end portions, B B, thewhole being cast in a single piece or forged or otherwise formed fromwrought metal. In this instance both ends are rounded and provided withrecesses 1B, and with the abutment B the face B of which is recessed insuch amanner as to fit more or less snugly the base and web of the railused in connection with the tie. The recess in the face of the oppositeabutment is made to conform to akey, O, and said key is made to conformto the base and web of the rail employed. At one of the-inner ends ofthe recess B is formed a depression or offset, B which extends inwardlyor transversely in the tie from the bottom of the said recess 13'. Thisoffset is made for the purpose of receiving the lug C, projecting fromthe bottom and at one end of the key 0.

in operative position and against displacement by ordinary use.

The shape of the central portion, A, of the tie may be as desired forany particular pur pose, and the bottom of the tie is preferablyprovided with shoulders A, which are intended to abut against the innerfaces of the stone or other suitable foundation, A'-', upon which theends B B rest.

.A represents'holes, whichare formed,by casting or otherwise, in thesides of the tie in proximity to that point where the staples D are bentupwardly over and upon the base of the rails, the object and purpose ofsaid holes being to receive and pivotally support any de' sired form oftool employed in bending the heated staple upon the base.

The purposes of the key C is to permit ofthe removal of any tie of aseries from the rails. It will be noticed that the lug C (see dot-tedlines, Fig. 1) abuts against the inner side of one arm of the staple D,so that the key cannot be removed from its position between the rail andthe abutment by, forcing it across the tie without first cutting andremoving the staple. This is preferably done by the use of any desiredtool which will sever the same on a diagonal line at any point,preferably at the apex of the bend in the staple while in the recess, sothat the cut ends will be in a condition to be again welded together, ifdesired. lVhen this is done the key can be driven from its position, andwhen the key is removed the face of the abutment B will pass downwardlyby the outer edge of the base of the rail,when, by removing the oppositestaple, the tie may be moved longitudinally under the rails to detachthe opposite abutment from the base of the opposite rail,when the tiemay be entirely removed from the rails. In replacing the tie theseoperations are reversed. The key is inserted, the staples heated, andreplaced and bent over the rails, as in the first instance.

The object of placing the staples within recesses is to prevent so faras possible unauthorized tampering with the same to the injury of thetrack, so that aside from this particular purpose it is not absolutelyessential that the staples be seated in any recesses formed in the endsof the ties; and it is also apparent that it is not absolutely necessarythat said ends should be rounded, as a square staple could be employedin connection with a squareended tie.

Having described'my invention and its operation, what I claim is 1. Arailroad-tie having an abutment for a rail, and a recess around its endsfor thereception of a secu ring-staple, substantially as specified.

2,7 The combination of a rail with atie having an abutment, and astaplearranged about the end of the tie and bent over and shrunk upon the baseof the rail, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of a tie having an abutn1ent,a rail, an interposedkey, and a staple embracing the end of the tie and bent over and shrunkupon the base of the rail, substantially as specified.

4. A tie having an abutment at each end, a rail arranged against oneabutment, a removable key arranged against the other abutment, 30 a railarranged against the key, and staples arranged to embrace each end ofthe tie and bent over and upon the bases of the rails, substantially asspecified.

5. The combination of a tie having abut- 35 V Inents B B, the rails E,the key 0, and the staples D, embracing the ends of the tie and thebases of the rails, substantially as specified.

6. The combination of the tie having the abutment B, the rail E, and thestaple D, emo bracing the end of the tie and bent upon the base of therail at each side of the tie, substantially as specified.

7. The combination of a tie having an abutment, a key having a stop andadapted to fit 5 the abutment and the rail,with a rail,and with a stapleadapted to embrace the end of the tie and the base of the rail, and toserve as a stop to the movement of the key in one direction, itsmovement in the opposite direction being 50 stopped by the tie,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB DE MOTT.

Witnesses:

L. G. HILLs, E. B. STOCKING.

